National News Updates

New Delhi: Indian Navy along with Naval forces of Singapore, and Thailand is engaged in a trilateral maritime exercise ‘SITMEX-20’ in the Andaman Sea. With this exercise, India aims to strengthen mutual confidence and develop common understanding and procedures towards enhancing overall maritime security in the region. As part of the second edition of the […]

Balasore: The Sahadevkhunta Police on Sunday seized about 100 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 10 lakh following a raid at Arad Bazar area. Police have also arrested one Munna Khan, who happens to be the brother-in-law of notorious drugs mafia Sheikh Raja. Another drugs peddler managed to escape the cops during the raid. However, […]

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has urged the government the need to formulate effective laws to counter bio-terrorism. The panel stated that the adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic have taught a lesson on the importance of controlling biological agents and the need of strategic partnerships among different nations. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, in […]

Bhadrak: The return of 50-year-old Birju Kullu to his native land in Odisha’s Sundargarh after serving two decades in a Pakistan jail has brought a ray of hope for the family of another Odia soldier from the State, who, they allege, has been languishing in a prison of the neighbouring country for the last 55 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday informed the Assembly that as many as 8, 96,838 youths in the State have remained unemployed by October 31. Their registration of name in employment exchange has remained valid, Technical Education and Skill Development Department Minister said while replying to a query of Loisingha MLA Mukesh Mahaling in the […]

Nabarangpur: A woman in Rengaguda village under Koshagumuda block of Nabarangpur district on Sunday threatened to commit suicide in case the baby boy she reportedly found abandoned on a farm land on last Wednesday is not returned to her. As per reports, the woman identified as Sunatai Harijan from Rengaguda village had reportedly found a […]

Bhubaneswar: The raging controversy over alleged custodial death in Puri continues to intensify with the Odisha unit of BJP on Sunday announcing to observe a complete shutdown in the district. Informing about the decision of bandh, BJP chief whip and MLA Mohan Majhi said the date of shutdown will be announced soon. “We will call […]

Bhubaneswar: After much hue and cry, the Odisha Government on Sunday finally changed its decision on merger of schools in schedule and non-schedule areas. Speaking to media after a discussion in this regard in the third day of the ongoing Winter Session of the State Assembly, School and Mass Education Minister Sameer Dash said “It […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension ran high at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday following death of a 15-year-old boy allegedly due to faulty treatment. According to initial reports, the minor boy, Subham Panda of Bharatpur on the outskirts of the city, was admitted to the private hospital located in Nayapalli area of the capital city three […]

New Delhi: India is not only meeting its Paris Agreement targets but has also been exceeding them, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the G20 summit held virtually on Sunday. In his address at the G-20 Summit side event, “Safeguarding the Planet – The Circular Carbon Economy Approach”, he said that India has taken concrete […]

Patna: An acid attack in Bihar’s Saran district on Sunday following a heated argument over a land dispute left 20 persons injured, including three who are their battling for life in hospital. The incident appeared in Jaitpur Takht village under Daudpur police station around 10.30 a.m. Daudpur SHO Sujeet Kumar Chaudhary said that three persons […]

Bolangir: The district of Bolangir which often hogs headlines for alleged selling of brides is once again in news for wrong reasons – marriage fraud. According to sources, a middleman reportedly vanished after defrauding two siblings of Rs 70,000 from Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur on the pretext of arranging suitable match for them. The matter came […]

Bhubaneswar: Sushila Devi, the first lady of the State and wife of Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar late last night. She was undergoing treatment at the hospital due to post Covid-19 complications. “With profound grief and heavy heart, we inform that the First Lady of the State […]

Gajapati: In a major crack down on the production and supply of illegal cannabis, a joint team of Mohana Police and Excise department destroyed Ganja cultivation worth over Rs17.28 crore by setting the hemp plant on fire spread across several places in the district on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, personnel from the Mohana Police […]

Lucknow: The universities and degree colleges across Uttar Pradesh are reopening from Monday. The educational institutions will reopen with only 50 per cent attendance and students, on a roster basis, can attend the class in any enclosed area. A maximum of 200 students can attend the class at any given time. The universities and colleges […]